okie had my first year confirmation seminar today :-)
present in the panel were allan, chorboon, cherping and jeanette. john was there too, and so were several fellow graduate students :-)
started promptly at 2 pm, i talked for about forty minutes, then had questions for half an hour. then they sent me out of the room while they deliberated.
in a nutshell, i have to rework the chapter organisation somewhat - john suggested constructing narratives based on the neighbourhoods instead, so that the way the various pieces fit together might be made that much more explicit.
it was also suggested that shift the emphasis away from pure discourse analysis, to a focus more on the actual geographical and spatial perceptions.
allan introduced me to a metaphor which i don't think i will forget in a long time: this is not the Indy 500; this is just the driving test. my job is to stay within the lines and not hit anything :-)
by 3:30 pm, i was given the tremendous news that i had passed from MPhil to PhD candidate :-)
all thanks and praise be to God :-)
